2004 Toronto Rock season explained

Season:	2004
Seasonlink:	2004 NLL season
Team:	Toronto Rock
Teamlink:	Toronto Rock
League:	NLL
Division:	East
Divisionrank:	1st
Record:	10-6
Homerecord:	5-3
Roadrecord:	5-3
Goalsfor:	202
Goalsagainst:	176
Generalmanager:	Derek Keenan (interim) Terry Sanderson
Coach:	Ed Comeau (interim) Terry Sanderson
Captain:	Jim Veltman
Arena:	Air Canada Centre
Attendance:	16,907
Goalsleader:	Blaine Manning (36)
Assistsleader:	Colin Doyle (55)
Pointsleader:	Blaine Manning (90)
Pimleader:	Patrick Merrill (19)
Looseballsleader:	Jim Veltman (193)
Winsleader:	Bob Watson & Anthony Cosmo (5)
Gaaleader:	Anthony Cosmo (10.39)
Divisionwin:	YES
Prevseason Year:	2003 season
Prevseason Link:	2003 Toronto Rock season
Nextseason Year:	2005 season
Nextseason Link:	2005 Toronto Rock season

The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2004 season was the 7th in franchise history and 6th as the Rock.

The Rock continued its dynasty on top of the NLL standings, finishing first in its division for the sixth straight year. The Rock lost to the Buffalo Bandits in the division final,^[1] failing in their attempt at three consecutive championships.

Regular season

Game log

Reference:^[2]

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:^[3]

Player stats

Runners (Top 10)

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes^[4]

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	LB	PIM
	16	36	54	90	81	7
	16	33	55	88	64	11
	16	12	53	65	179	9
	12	26	18	44	32	3
	13	24	18	42	58	3
	16	15	19	34	141	1
	16	15	19	34	64	9
	14	12	15	27	48	5
	8	8	11	19	25	3
	16	6	8	14	62	11
Totals		202	311	513	1110	147

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals against; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average^[5]

Player	GP	MIN	W	L	GA	Sv%	GAA
	11	571:07	5	5	106	.755	11.14
	9	392:44	5	1	68	.766	10.39
Totals			10	6	176	.757	10.92

Awards

Player	Award
	NLL Most Valuable Player^[6]
Jim Veltman	Player of the Month, March
Jim Veltman	First All-Pro Team
	Second All-Pro Team
Colin Doyle
Colin Doyle	All-Stars^[7]
Blaine Manning
Pat Coyle
Glenn Clark
Jim Veltman

Roster

^[8]

See also

• 2004 NLL season

External links

• Web site: 2004 Archive. https://web.archive.org/web/20070929083609/http://www.lacrosse-network.com/outsidersguide/arch041218.htm. Outsider's Guide to the NLL. 2007-09-29. 2011-05-15.

Notes and References

1. News: Bandits steal NLL victory from 'embarrassed' Rock. Guelph Mercury. B.2. 2004-04-26.
2. Web site: Toronto Rock - 2004 Regular Season - Game Schedule. May 3, 2012. NLL.com.
3. Web site: Toronto Rock - 2004 Playoffs - Game Schedule. May 3, 2012. NLL.com.
4. Web site: Runners. 2011-05-06. NLL. https://web.archive.org/web/20110506004455/http://stats.nll.com/stats/statdisplay.php?type=skaters&subType=8&season_id=40&league_id=3&lastActive=&confId=0. 2011-05-06. dead.
5. Web site: Goalies. 2011-05-06. NLL. https://web.archive.org/web/20110720133401/http://stats.nll.com/stats/statdisplay.php?type=goalies&subType=8&season_id=40&leagueId=3&lastActive=&singleSeason=&confId=0. 2011-07-20. dead.
6. Web site: National Lacrosse League - 2010 Guide & Record Book. 2011-05-06. NLL.
7. Web site: East Division All-Star Reserves Announced. 2004-02-11. 2011-05-06. NLL.
8. Web site: Toronto Rock 2004 Regular Season. 2011-05-06. NLL. https://web.archive.org/web/20110720133408/http://stats.nll.com/stats/roster.php?step=&sub=&season_id=40&team_id=15. 2011-07-20. dead.